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Comprehensive Grammar Exercise

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Identify the type of verb in the following sentence. The verb is red.
Every month, bands from across the country visit New Your City.
a)
Action
b)
Linking
2.
The girl was frightened.
a)
action
b)
linking
3.
Audrey cooked spaghetti for her friends. 
a)
action
b)
linking
4.
The boy looked sad. 
a)
action
b)
linking
5.

Bob looked out the window.

a)

intransitive

b)

linking

c)

transitive

d)

helping

6.
Identify the linking verb in the sentence.
She seemed nervous.  
a)
she
b)
seemed
c)
nervous
7.
Identify the linking verb in the sentence.
There are many animals in the rainforest. 
a)
there
b)
are
c)
animals
d)
rainforest
8.
Vijay and Sam are reading about Minecraft.
a)
action
b)
linking
c)
helping
9.
Molly is playing Quizizz.
a)
action
b)
helping
c)
linking
10.
Chase is funny.
a)
action
b)
helping
c)
linking
11.
Identify the linking verb in the sentence.
The cheetah is the fastest land animal.
a)
cheetah
b)
fastest
c)
land
d)
is
12.
Justin felt happy about Halloween being over.
a)
action
b)
linking
c)
neither
13.

The teacher photographed her students.

a)

transitive

b)

linking

c)

intransitive

d)

helping

14.
Find the helping verb:
The king has created bad laws. 
a)
king
b)
has
c)
created
d)
laws
15.
Find the helping verb: 
I am looking for my glasses. 
a)
I
b)
am
c)
looking
d)
glasses
16.
Find the helping verb: 
The man was bitten by a spider. 
a)
The 
b)
man
c)
was
d)
bitten
17.

Pick the helping verb that best completes the sentence.

We ____ practiced a great deal.

a)

will

b)

been

c)

have

18.
Which word is the helping verb in this sentence?
Ms. Chance will put our book on a special shelf.
a)
special
b)
shelf
c)
Ms. Chance
d)
will
19.

What kind of verb is the red text?

The kitten slept on the couch.

a)

intransitive

b)

helping

c)

linking

d)

transitive

20.

What is an auxiliary verb?

a)
A verb that connects a subject with a noun or adjective.
b)
Verbs that help the main verb.
c)
A verb that expresses mental or physical action.
d)
The predicate
21.
What is a linking verb?
a)
The verb that shows mental and physical action.
b)
The predicate.
c)
A verb that helps the main action verb.
d)
A verb that connects a subject with a noun or adjective.
22.
What kind of verb is in the red text?
We should visit my grandmother.
a)
action verb
b)
helping verb
23.
The Indians will win the World Series.
a)
action 
b)
linking 
c)
helping
24.
We went to Chicago last summer.
a)
action 
b)
helping
c)
linking
25.
The students are sleepy today.
a)
action 
b)
helping
c)
linking
26.

Which of these are personal pronouns

a)

We

b)

Them

c)

This

d)

Which

27.

Pencil, boat, raspberry, mug, teddy - these are all examples of

a)

Abstract nouns

b)

Proper nouns

c)

Concrete nouns

d)

Collective nouns

28.

"We would work better without distractions." What are the verbs in this sentence?

a)

We

b)

Would

c)

Work

d)

Better

e)

Without

29.

Subordinating conjunctions .......

a)

link phrases in a sentence where one is subordinate to the other

b)

link clauses where one is dependent on the other for its meaning

c)

link clauses where both clauses are independent and equal

d)

link paragraphs together to make texts more cohesive

30.

What can an adjective modify?

a)

Prepositions

b)

Adverbs

c)

Nouns

d)

Verbs

31.

What can an adverb modify?

a)

Nouns

b)

Adjectives

c)

Adverbs

d)

Verbs

e)

Prepositions

32.

What can replace a noun?

a)

Phoneme

b)

Adverb

c)

Preposition

d)

Pronoun

33.

What are words such as 'Sarah', 'Paris', 'Physics' and 'All Saints' called?

a)

Concrete nouns

b)

Title nouns

c)

Proper nouns

d)

Common nouns

34.

What do we call words like: this, that, these, those

a)

Reflexive pronouns

b)

Personal pronouns

c)

Possessive pronouns

d)

Demonstrative pronouns

35.

"These are my shoes." What type of word is 'my'

a)

Possessive Pronoun

b)

Possessive Adjective

c)

Possessive Preposition

d)

Demonstrative Pronoun

36.

"I love Philosophy but learning the terms is difficult." What type of word is 'but'?

a)

Contrasting conjunction

b)

Subordinating conjunction

c)

Supplementary conjunction

d)

Coordinating conjunction

37.

"My cat is cuter than all other cats." What type of word is 'cuter'?

a)

Adverb of degree

b)

Superlative adjective

c)

Comparative adjective

d)

Superlative adverb

38.

Which of these options is a definite article?

a)

The

b)

This

c)

An

d)

In

39.
Which is the correct complex sentence structure?
a)
One independent clause
b)
One dependent clause
c)
An independent clause and a dependent clause
d)
A simple sentence with a subject and verb
40.
Subordinating conjunctions start which type of clauses?
a)
independent clauses
b)
dependent clauses
c)

additional clauses

d)

modifying clauses

41.
When a subordinating conjunction starts a sentence, a comma is required.
a)
True
b)
False
42.

Which word is not a subordinating conjunction?

a)
If
b)
When
c)
While
d)
Summer
43.
Which of the following are dependent clauses?
a)

If the band marches in the parade

b)

When you purchase candy

c)

Although it is snowing

d)

All of the options

44.

Can relative pronouns start dependent clauses?

a)
Yes
b)
No
45.

Our ski trip is getting close, but Mom is not ready to travel.

a)

This is a compound sentence.

b)

This is a complex sentence.

46.
Because it wasn't cold enough, our snowman melted right away.
a)

compound sentence

b)

complex sentence

47.
We have to go to bed when the clock chimes 10:00.
a)

compound sentence

b)

complex sentence

c)

simple sentence

48.

Jennifer liked William's friend, and she also liked his cousins.

a)

compound sentence

b)

complex
sentence

c)

simple sentence

49.
Many brave soldiers fought in the war, and they received medals.
a)

compound sentence

b)

complex sentence

c)

simple sentence

50.

After midnight, the ghosts will come out of the haunted attic.

a)

compound sentence

b)

complex sentence

c)

simple sentence

51.
Before the queen rode in the parade, she gave a speech.
a)

compound sentence

b)

complex sentence

c)

simple sentence

52.
Morgan and Riley are already planning to build a drawbridge for next year's competition.
a)
complex sentence
b)
compound sentence
c)
simple sentence
53.
La Paz is in Baja, or Lower California, but this peninsula is part of Mexico. 
a)

Simple sentence

b)

Compound sentence

54.
A sentence with two independent clauses connected with a comma and conjunction is a:
a)
Simple sentence
b)
Compound sentence
c)
Complex sentence
55.

What are the three different types of sentences?

a)

Compound, complex, static 

b)
Compact, complex, simple
c)
Simple, compound, complex
d)
Sample, context, compound

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